Here in Texas, high school flute students have already started summer band (they started in July!) and are busy learning the All-State Etudes that were recently announced.

What is at the heart of the student-teacher relationship? What are the students' expectations of teachers, and what are teachers' expectations of students? Where and how do students and teachers honor personal and professional boundaries? How does our evolving society impact the quality of these relationships and the future of humanity? As I've pondered these questions, I find myself beginning the inquiry through the ancient wisdom of India.

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AIM (ऐं ) is a beautiful Sanskrit seed (bija) mantra associated with Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of arts, literature, music, and learning. It’s also an effective acronym for a grounding practice I call “Taking AIM.”

During a casual search for “seeing ourselves in others,” I came across Robert J. Sternberg’s "Psychology 101½: The unspoken rules for success in academia." While it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, there is so much wisdom here I thought it worth sharing.

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Lisa loves flute, yoga, and cats. She believes in doing what she understands to be right, even when it’s really hard. She has high expectations for herself and is learning self-forgiveness. She loves to dance when no-one and everyone is looking.